Despite having an aversion to configuring and maintaining security and crypto software, I accepted that I had to update my system in response to the recent big Debian security problem. If I can do it, you can do it. Below are my notes, but keep in mind that my security rank is somewhere between ignorant Read more »
IFSO member Ben North has sent a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Ireland’s change to a Yes vote to the National Standards Authority of Ireland. The request has been received and we’re told it’s being acted on. Letters sent by IFSO during the ISO consultation can be found on IFSO’s correspondence page. Becta in Read more »
Here’s a report from a breakfast meeting I was at yesterday on the topic of SMEs and the Community Patent. There were 50 seats, all full. The speakers included representatives from the Commission, the Parliament, and the Slovenian EU Presidency. The most interesting part was the speech by a Director of the European Commission. She Read more »
FFII PR: McCreevy wants to legalise Software Patents via a US-EU patent treaty Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi – an insider’s criticisms of the OLPC’s seemed move toward MS Windows (with an interesting link to a New York Times article on the failure of cheap laptops as an educational tool). Microsoft has asked for help from Read more »
After the free software movement, Wikipedia has to be my favourite computer-enabled community project. It does a first rate job of getting computer users involved, it’s articles can be freely copied and modified, and it has lots of useful info. Since I blogged about it last year, English Wikipedia’s Free Software Portal has continued to Read more »
gNewSense 2.0 aka DeltaH is released. The Guile project’s new FAQ. Guile is GNU’s embedable Scheme interpreter. Version 1.8.5 was just released. Squaring The Net a French initiative against a proposed Internet filtering law. Software patents and free software – Wikipedia’s article on the relationship between the two. Contains good links. Maybe you can improve Read more »